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write a thesis for your essay. Be sure it has a clear, focused controlling idea.

write out the topic sentence for eash paragraph

use your prewiting to choose sufficient examples to support eash topic sentence.

Use the topic sentence you wrote and the examples you choose to create an outline of the essay.

use the outline to write the essay

finish your essay and a concluding paragraph.

revise your essay. Read paragraph for unity with its topic sentence as well as with the thesis and controlling idea. Use transitions between paragraphs and repetition of key words and phrases to make your essay flow smoothly.